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Regarding Gillian Clark, Indeed she is a good commentator in some areas, but I hate to say but the truth (at least to me) that she is very unprofessional in her commentary, too subjective! For a professional commentator, she should not say or express her opinion for particular player/nation as the way she always does. Sometimes (or many times), her commentary is just very annoying!

By the way, she is the BWF official's commentator, isn't she? (Corret me if I am wrong). Does she forget that the audience is from all over the world?

IMHO, to be among the very top, you got to have speed, power,accuracy and deception. The Super Three, namely, Lin Dan, Lee CW, and Chen Long, have them in large measure. I think Lee CW is more deception than power. For Chen Long he is more power than deception. Lin Dan is quite balanced in all four aspects. Notice that I'm not comparing the three with each other but with their own individual inclinations.

IMHO, to be among the very top, you got to have speed, power,accuracy and deception. The Super Three, namely, Lin Dan, Lee CW, and Chen Long, have them in large measure. I think Lee CW is more deception than power. For Chen Long he is more power than deception. Lin Dan is quite balanced in all four aspects. Notice that I'm not comparing the three with each other but with their own individual inclinations.

yes, this is all relativeness..... it also differs among players by country...

if you compare chen long with players like P Kashyap... JOJ, AJ jayaram or rajiv ouseph.... etc... chen long is considered to have more deception than power than other players too....

No, no. I think John Wayne is the best badminton player
Seriously I can't take you serious. I'm still wondering why I replied to your posting since I know your erm... "extraordinary" style of talking

Oh, why should I be jealous? I'm happy to see CL achieved Gold in AE2013.
You rather should calm down and learn to deal with criticism to your idols.

ok fine.... regarding your criticism earlier... as a 'SPECTATOR' and badminton fan myself... i would like to see more physical sturdiness in players rather than too much unneceessary trickery and creativity among players with weaker physical attributes.... especially in the MENS singles categories... where i think players should play more like men instead of ladies all the time....

I don't quite understand what you mean by male attribute here...perhaps you have your own reason to like them so much...
but anyway, CL's style of play is more patient and tactical then powerful. He has a good smash but don't use it too often. LCW is much more agressive, and JOJ also for that matter (but not as precise in this last case). As for LD, before 2009 he was at least twice as macho on court then CL that plays like a good mummy's boy in comparison.

Interesting to note since the Olympics, apart form the Denmark Open where he 'lost' to his teammate and the Korea Open where he withdrew, he's won every tournament he's entered (China Masters, China Open, Hong Kong Open, SS Finals, German Open, All England). That is impressive.